Quotes by Vietnamese authors
The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men.
Nguyen Van Thieu
Former President of the Republic of Vietnam
I got burned by napalm, and I became a victim of war.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
The market economy of its own cannot destroy socialism. But to build socialism with success, it is necessary to develop a market economy in an adequate and correct way.
Nguyen Phu Trong
Vietnamese politician
And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers.
Hanoi Hannah
Vietnamese radio personality
This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam.
Hanoi Hannah
Vietnamese radio personality
Sometimes I could not breathe, but God saved my life and gave me faith and hope.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
Yet I was ready for love and joy. I wanted to let go of my pain. I wanted to pursue life instead of holding fast to fantasies of death.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
We want to bring better products to Vietnam. My hope is through changes in lifestyle and the products we consume, it will affect the people and change the way they are thinking.
Pham Nhat Vuong
Vietnamese business person
If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes.
Nguyen Cao Ky
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
What is in the Constitution is the burning desire and aspiration of all the people of Vietnam. So for the moment, we don't think about opposition parties.
Nong Duc Manh
Vietnamese Politician
The politburo have seriously self-criticized and honestly apologize to the Central Committee for the shortcomings in party building, cases of moral decay among party members and cadres.
Nguyen Phu Trong
Vietnamese politician
I had a lot of pity for myself. But I could concentrate more on my studies as a result.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
I am praying every day for peace.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
I love my scars. It reminds me where I come from.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
I know what it is like to experience terror, to feel despondent, to live in fear. I know how wearying and hopeless life can be sometimes.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
I was really embarrassed. And I asked why they took my picture when I was in such agony, and I'm the girl, in the moment that I was naked, burning, hopeless, crying - so ugly. And I asked why they took my picture at that that moment? I didn't like it at all.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Activist
American GIs don't fight this unjust immoral and illegal war of Johnson's.
Hanoi Hannah
Vietnamese radio personality
Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
Nguyen Cao Ky
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.
Ho Chi Minh
President
Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.
Nguyen Cao Ky
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
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